Global Trends 2015: Table of Contents for the Excel Annex tables

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by  Tarek Abou Chabake

Global Trends 2015: Table of Contents for the Excel Annex tables
Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2015
Table 3. Refugees and people in a refugee-like situation, excluding asylum-seekers, and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2015
Table 4. Refugees and people in a refugee-like situation, excluding asylum-seekers, and changes by country/territory of origin, 2015
Table 5. Refugees and people in a refugee-like situation, excluding asylum-seekers, and changes by origin and country of asylum, 2015
Table 6. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) protected/assisted by UNHCR, 2015
Table 7. Persons under UNHCR's statelessness mandate, 2015
Table 8. Others of concern to UNHCR, 2015
Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum, 2015
Table 10. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country/territory of asylum and level in the procedure, 2015
Table 11. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2015
Table 12. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2015
Table 13. Demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2015
Table 14. Demographic composition of refugees and people in refugee-like situations, end-2015
Table 15. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2015
Table 16. Major locations and demographic composition of refugees and people in refugee-like situations, end-2015
Table 17. Population of concern to UNHCR by type of accommodation, end-2015
Table 18. Refugees, including people in a refugee-like situation, by type of accommodation, end-2015
Table 19. Refugees, including people in a refugee-like situation, by type of location, end-2015
Table 20. Spontaneous refugee arrivals, 2015
Table 21. Major voluntary repatriation/returnee movements, 2015
Table 22. Resettlement departures of refugees from first asylum countries, 2015
Table 23. Resettlement arrivals of refugees, 2015
Table 24. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by region, 2014-2015
Table 25. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR, 2005-2015
Table 26. Indicators of host country capacity and contributions, end-2015
Table 27. UN major areas
Table 28. UNHCR Regional Bureaux/Operations
Table 29. UNHCR country/territory codes
Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- Of whom seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like assisted by (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Country/territory of asylum1 Refugees 2 situations3 situations UNHCR cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Afghanistan 237.069 20.485 257.554 257.554 82 61.379 1.174.306 123.653 - 150.317 1.767.291
Albania 104 - 104 104 830 - - - 7.442 - 8.376
Algeria10 94.182 - 94.182 90.177 6.593 - - - - - 100.775
Angola 15.555 - 15.555 268 30.143 4.639 - - - - 50.337
Anguilla 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - 1
Antigua and Barbuda 15 - 15 15 - - - - - - 15
Argentina 3.207 - 3.207 165 1.077 - - - - - 4.284
Armenia 3.319 16.000 19.319 7.506 66 - - - 311 - 19.696
Aruba 2 - 2 2 - - - - - - 2
Australia11 36.917 - 36.917 - 20.677 - - - - - 57.594
Austria 72.216 - 72.216 - 80.075 - - - 828 - 153.119
Azerbaijan 1.278 - 1.278 1.278 220 - 618.220 - 3.585 - 623.303
Bahamas 8 - 8 8 21 - - - - 86 115
Bahrain 247 - 247 247 113 - - - - - 360
Bangladesh12 31.958 200.000 231.958 31.958 - - - - - - 231.958
Barbados - - - - - - - - - - -
Belarus 1.809 - 1.809 751 279 - - - 5.635 - 7.723
Belgium 35.314 - 35.314 - 36.009 - - - 5.776 - 77.099
Belize 35 - 35 35 720 - - - - 57 812
Benin 530 - 530 530 178 - - - - - 708
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 775 - 775 154 - - - - - - 775
Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba - - - - - - - - - - -
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.798 - 6.798 6.798 23 22 98.324 - 58 52.437 157.662
Botswana 2.130 - 2.130 2.130 135 - - - - - 2.265
Brazil 8.707 - 8.707 1.753 20.815 - - - 4 6.264 35.790
British Virgin Islands - - - - - - - - - - -
Brunei Darussalam - - - - - - - - 20.524 - 20.524
Bulgaria 16.557 - 16.557 16.557 9.499 - - - 67 - 26.123
Burkina Faso 34.017 - 34.017 34.017 143 - - - - - 34.160
Burundi 53.363 - 53.363 53.363 2.931 14 25.000 1.144 1.302 645 84.399
Cabo Verde - - - - - - - - 115 - 115
Cambodia 76 - 76 71 27 1 - - - 197 301
Cameroon 327.121 15.852 342.973 342.973 5.373 - 92.657 18.636 - 11 459.650
Canada 135.888 - 135.888 - 19.642 - - - - - 155.530
Cayman Islands 12 - 12 6 4 - - - - - 16
Central African Rep. 7.330 - 7.330 6.591 334 21.632 216.392 258.276 - - 503.964
Chad 369.540 - 369.540 369.540 2.898 41 51.999 - - 50.000 474.478
Chile 1.849 - 1.849 93 1.064 - - - - - 2.913
China13 301.052 - 301.052 157 677 1 - - - 1 301.731
China, Hong Kong SAR 133 - 133 133 2.315 - - - 1 - 2.449
China, Macao SAR - - - - 7 - - - - - 7
Colombia 226 - 226 51 115 1.792 6.939.067 - 12 - 6.941.212
Comoros - - - - - - - - - - -
Congo, Republic of 44.955 - 44.955 44.955 4.342 1 - - - 2.854 52.152
Costa Rica 3.616 - 3.616 3.616 3.283 - - - 1.806 - 8.705
Côte d'Ivoire 1.980 - 1.980 1.980 649 12.222 308.272 399 700.000 57 1.023.579
Croatia 308 214 522 522 53 113 - - 2.873 14.070 17.631
Cuba 303 - 303 186 25 - - - - - 328
Curaçao 48 - 48 48 30 - - - - - 78
Cyprus14 7.067 - 7.067 477 2.252 - - - - 6.000 15.319
Czech Rep. 3.644 - 3.644 - 659 - - - 1.502 - 5.805
Dem. Rep. of the Congo15 383.095 - 383.095 275.043 983 8.536 1.555.112 736.837 - 14.474 2.699.037
Denmark 27.326 - 27.326 - 2.948 - - - 6.580 - 36.854
Djibouti 19.365 - 19.365 19.365 2.641 - - - - - 22.006
Dominica - - - - - - - - - - -
Dominican Rep.16 615 - 615 615 758 - - - 133.770 - 135.143
Ecuador17 53.191 68.344 121.535 - 11.583 - - - - - 133.118
Egypt 212.500 - 212.500 142.500 38.171 4 - - 22 - 250.697
El Salvador 48 - 48 31 1 - - - - 10.100 10.149
Equatorial Guinea - - - - - - - - - - -
Eritrea 2.549 - 2.549 2.549 1 1 - - - 6 2.557
Estonia18 168 - 168 - 86 - - - 85.301 - 85.555
Ethiopia 736.086 - 736.086 736.086 2.131 5 - - - 934 739.156
Fiji 12 - 12 12 8 - - - - - 20
Finland 12.703 - 12.703 - 24.366 - - - 2.427 - 39.496
France 273.126 - 273.126 - 63.057 - - - 1.326 - 337.509
Gabon 943 - 943 943 1.941 - - - - - 2.884
Gambia 7.854 - 7.854 7.854 - - - - - - 7.854
Georgia 1.300 679 1.979 1.979 733 - 268.416 - 627 - 271.755
Germany 316.115 - 316.115 - 420.625 - - - 12.569 - 749.309
Ghana 17.406 - 17.406 17.406 1.859 - - - - - 19.265
Greece 18.489 11.750 30.239 - 26.141 - - - 198 - 56.578
Grenada 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - 1
Guatemala 226 - 226 100 125 - - - - 3.500 3.851
Guinea 8.839 - 8.839 8.839 198 - - - - - 9.037
Guinea-Bissau19 8.684 - 8.684 8.684 123 - - - - - 8.807
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PGDS/DOS 2/112 15-WRD-tab_v3
Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- Of whom seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like assisted by (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Country/territory of asylum1 Refugees 2 situations3 situations UNHCR cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Guyana 11 - 11 11 1 - - - - - 12
Haiti20 3 - 3 2 11 - - - 977 - 991
Honduras 30 - 30 19 9 - 174.000 - - 5.100 179.139
Hungary 4.393 - 4.393 258 36.693 - - - 132 - 41.218
Iceland 179 - 179 - 161 - - - 131 - 471
India 201.381 - 201.381 27.078 6.480 - - - - - 207.861
Indonesia 5.957 - 5.957 5.957 7.591 - - - - - 13.548
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 979.437 - 979.437 979.437 42 12 - - - - 979.491
Iraq21 277.701 - 277.701 277.701 7.420 5.921 4.403.287 1.747 50.000 29 4.746.105
Ireland 6.125 - 6.125 - 5.055 - - - 99 - 11.279
Israel 361 38.139 38.500 - 6.591 - - - 15 - 45.106
Italy 118.047 - 118.047 - 60.156 - - - 747 - 178.950
Jamaica 12 - 12 12 5 - - - - - 17
Japan22 2.474 - 2.474 369 13.831 - - - 603 - 16.908
Jordan23 664.118 - 664.118 664.118 24.935 - - - - - 689.053
Kazakhstan 708 - 708 708 97 - - - 7.909 - 8.714
Kenya 553.912 - 553.912 553.912 39.969 1.231 - - 20.000 - 615.112
Kuwait 741 - 741 741 900 - - - 93.000 - 94.641
Kyrgyzstan 354 - 354 354 158 - - - 9.118 - 9.630
Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - - - - - - - -
Latvia24 208 - 208 - 179 - - - 252.195 - 252.582
Lebanon 1.070.854 - 1.070.854 1.070.854 12.139 - - - - 5.238 1.088.231
Lesotho 31 - 31 - 4 - - - - - 35
Liberia 36.505 - 36.505 36.505 15 58 - - 1 1.479 38.058
Libya 9.305 - 9.305 9.305 27.479 - 434.869 - - - 471.653
Liechtenstein 150 - 150 23 97 - - - - - 247
Lithuania 1.093 - 1.093 - 82 - - - 3.466 - 4.641
Luxembourg 1.332 - 1.332 - 2.395 - - - 82 - 3.809
Madagascar 10 - 10 10 12 - - - - - 22
Malawi 9.019 - 9.019 9.019 14.470 - - - - - 23.489
Malaysia 94.030 136 94.166 94.166 60.415 - - - 11.689 80.000 246.270
Mali 15.917 - 15.917 15.917 340 4.088 61.920 53.551 - - 135.816
Malta 7.075 - 7.075 1.547 590 - - - - - 7.665
Mauritania 51.394 26.000 77.394 51.394 497 - - - - - 77.891
Mauritius - - - - - - - - - - -
Mexico 2.923 - 2.923 1.021 1.350 - - - 13 - 4.286
Micronesia (Federated States of) 3 - 3 3 11 - - - - - 14
Monaco 32 - 32 - - - - - - - 32
Mongolia 9 - 9 9 6 - - - - - 15
Montenegro 1.771 - 1.771 1.671 20 - - - 3.262 10.822 15.875
Montserrat - - - - - - - - - - -
Morocco 3.908 - 3.908 3.908 1.565 - - - - - 5.473
Mozambique 5.622 - 5.622 3.247 14.825 - - - - - 20.447
Myanmar25 - - - - 1 2 451.089 25.265 938.000 - 1.414.357
Namibia 1.737 - 1.737 1.547 1.112 21 - - - 1.706 4.576
Nauru 506 - 506 - 302 - - - - - 808
Nepal26 32.667 - 32.667 17.133 17 - - - - 384 33.068
Netherlands 88.536 - 88.536 - 28.051 - - - 1.951 - 118.538
New Zealand 1.337 - 1.337 - 159 - - - - - 1.496
Nicaragua 330 - 330 259 131 2 - - 1 1 465
Niger 124.721 - 124.721 124.721 106 - 137.337 - - 70.000 332.164
Nigeria 1.395 - 1.395 1.395 386 - 2.172.532 - - - 2.174.313
Norway 50.389 - 50.389 - 25.316 - - - 2.561 - 78.266
Oman 245 - 245 245 190 - - - - - 435
Pakistan 1.561.162 - 1.561.162 1.561.162 6.442 3 1.146.108 676.638 - - 3.390.353
Palau - - - - - - - - - - -
Panama 2.322 15.000 17.322 331 2.934 - - - 2 - 20.258
Papua New Guinea27 4.929 4.581 9.510 - 445 - - - - - 9.955
Paraguay 172 - 172 45 37 - - - - - 209
Peru 1.488 - 1.488 106 379 - - - - - 1.867
Philippines 269 - 269 20 210 - 63.174 254.848 7.138 68 325.707
Poland 14.065 - 14.065 - 3.303 - - - 10.825 - 28.193
Portugal28 699 - 699 - 641 - - - 14 - 1.354
Qatar 120 - 120 120 118 - - - 1.200 - 1.438
Rep. of Korea 1.463 - 1.463 223 5.442 - - - 197 - 7.102
Rep. of Moldova 446 - 446 446 110 - - - 5.014 - 5.570
Romania 2.598 - 2.598 314 432 - - - 240 - 3.270
Russian Federation29 314.506 - 314.506 7.070 2.088 4 - - 101.813 - 418.411
Rwanda 144.737 - 144.737 144.737 414 5.054 - - - 968 151.173
Saint Kitts and Nevis - - - - - - - - - - -
Saint Lucia 1 - 1 1 1 - - - - - 2
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - - - - - - - - - - -
Samoa - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
Sao Tome and Principe - - - - - - - - - - -
Saudi Arabia 118 7 125 125 32 - - - 70.000 - 70.157
Senegal 14.392 - 14.392 14.392 3.119 - - - - - 17.511
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PGDS/DOS 3/112 15-WRD-tab_v3
Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- Of whom seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like assisted by (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Country/territory of asylum1 Refugees 2 situations3 situations UNHCR cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Serbia and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (199 35.332 - 35.332 7.383 116 328 220.002 545 2.700 - 259.023
Sierra Leone 760 - 760 604 17 - - - - - 777
Singapore - - - - - - - - - 1 1
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 3 - 3 3 8 - - - - - 11
Slovakia 820 - 820 - 173 - - - 1.523 85 2.601
Slovenia 292 - 292 - 103 - - - 4 - 399
Solomon Islands 3 - 3 3 - - - - - - 3
Somalia 8.081 - 8.081 8.081 10.120 32.344 1.133.000 5.000 - 86 1.188.631
South Africa30 121.645 - 121.645 12.164 1.096.063 - - - - - 1.217.708
South Sudan31 263.016 - 263.016 263.016 839 159 1.790.427 - - - 2.054.441
Spain32 5.798 - 5.798 - 11.020 - - - 440 - 17.258
Sri Lanka33 784 - 784 784 608 852 44.934 8.112 - - 55.290
State of Palestine - - - - - 12 - - - - 12
Sudan 309.639 - 309.639 309.639 12.581 39.494 3.218.234 152.663 - 3.355 3.735.966
Suriname 1 - 1 1 4 - - - - - 5
Swaziland 696 - 696 185 268 7 - - - 3 974
Sweden 169.520 - 169.520 - 157.046 - - - 31.062 - 357.628
Switzerland 73.336 - 73.336 - 32.701 - - - 69 - 106.106
Syrian Arab Rep.34 21.113 - 21.113 21.113 5.251 189 6.563.462 - 160.000 3.554 6.753.569
Tajikistan 1.969 - 1.969 885 288 - - - 19.469 53 21.779
Thailand35 55.145 53.116 108.261 108.261 8.271 - - - 443.862 438 560.832
The former Yugoslav Republic of Mac 530 171 701 701 17 - - - 667 - 1.385
Timor-Leste - - - - - - - - - 6 6
Togo 21.953 - 21.953 13.451 752 7 - - - - 22.712
Tonga - - - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 114 - 114 114 82 - - - - 5 201
Tunisia 665 - 665 665 90 - - - - 2 757
Turkey36 2.541.352 - 2.541.352 2.499.593 212.408 - - - 780 - 2.754.540
Turkmenistan 26 - 26 26 - - - - 7.125 - 7.151
Turks and Caicos Islands 4 - 4 4 - - - - - - 4
Uganda 477.187 - 477.187 477.187 35.779 1.192 - - - 180.000 694.158
Ukraine37 3.273 - 3.273 574 6.502 1 1.600.000 - 35.228 - 1.645.004
United Arab Emirates 663 - 663 663 421 - - - - - 1.084
United Kingdom 123.067 - 123.067 - 45.870 - - - 41 - 168.978
United Rep. of Tanzania 211.845 - 211.845 189.618 2.150 - - - - 168.625 382.620
United States of America38 273.202 - 273.202 - 286.168 - - - - - 559.370
Uruguay 301 - 301 106 79 - - - - - 380
Uzbekistan39 107 - 107 107 - - - - 86.703 - 86.810
Vanuatu - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.694 167.060 173.754 34.578 235 - - - - - 173.989
Viet Nam - - - - - - - - 11.000 - 11.000
Yemen 267.173 - 267.173 117.441 9.866 - 2.532.032 - - 17 2.809.088
Zambia 26.447 - 26.447 26.447 2.411 - - - - 23.321 52.179
Zimbabwe40 6.950 - 6.950 6.950 259 31 - - 300.000 3.384 310.624
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
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PGDS/DOS 4/112 15-WRD-tab_v3
Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- Of whom seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like assisted by (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Country/territory of asylum1 Refugees 2 situations3 situations UNHCR cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
UNHCR-Bureaux
- Central Africa-Great Lakes 1.173.389 15.852 1.189.241 1.058.223 18.468 35.237 1.889.161 1.014.893 1.302 187.577 4.335.879
- East and Horn of Africa 2.739.375 - 2.739.375 2.739.375 106.959 74.467 6.193.660 157.663 20.000 234.381 9.526.505
- Southern Africa 189.842 - 189.842 61.967 1.159.702 4.698 - - 300.000 28.414 1.682.656
- Western Africa 294.953 - 294.953 286.295 7.885 16.375 2.680.061 53.950 700.116 71.536 3.824.876
Total Africa 4.397.559 15.852 4.413.411 4.145.860 1.293.014 130.777 10.762.882 1.226.506 1.021.418 521.908 19.369.916
Asia and Pacific 3.551.937 278.318 3.830.255 3.086.570 134.613 62.250 2.879.611 1.088.516 1.563.338 231.465 9.790.048
Middle East and North Africa 2.675.408 64.146 2.739.554 2.451.317 142.371 6.126 13.933.650 1.747 374.237 8.840 17.206.525
Europe 4.362.605 28.814 4.391.419 2.555.552 1.299.246 468 2.804.962 545 592.151 83.414 9.172.205
Americas 496.384 250.404 746.788 43.493 350.697 1.794 7.113.067 - 136.585 25.113 8.374.044
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
UN major regions
Africa 4.769.513 41.852 4.811.365 4.443.809 1.367.409 130.781 11.197.751 1.226.506 1.021.440 521.910 20.277.162
Asia 8.366.000 328.562 8.694.562 7.750.753 396.662 68.372 17.265.028 1.090.263 1.942.856 246.303 29.704.046
Europe 1.808.289 12.135 1.820.424 44.719 1.083.567 468 1.918.326 545 586.848 77.414 5.487.592
Latin America and the Caribbean 87.294 250.404 337.698 43.493 44.887 1.794 7.113.067 - 136.585 25.113 7.659.144
Northern America 409.090 - 409.090 - 305.810 - - - - - 714.900
Oceania 43.707 4.581 48.288 18 21.606 - - - - - 69.894
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection.
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable. All data are provisional and subject to change.
1 Country or territory of asylum or residence.
2 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form of protection
and those granted temporary protection. In the absence of Government figures, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in many industrialized countries based on 10 years of individual asylum-seeker
recognition.
3 This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status
has, for practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.
4 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum procedure.
5 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during 2015. Source: country of origin and asylum.
6 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance. It also includes people in IDP-like situations. This category is descriptive in nature and includes
groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual residence and who face protection risks similar to those of IDPs but who, for practical or other reasons, could not be reported as such.
7 IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during 2015.
8 Refers to persons who are not considered as nationals by any State under the operation of its law. This category refers to persons who fall under the agency’s statelessness mandate because they are
stateless according to this international definition, but data from some countries may also include persons with undetermined nationality. See Annex Table 7 at http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/15-WRD-table-
7.xls for detailed notes.
9 Refers to individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any of the other groups but to whom UNHCR may extend its protection and/or assistance services. These activities might be based on
humanitarian or other special grounds.
10 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.
11 Australia's figures for asylum-seekers are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas.
12 The refugee population includes 200,000 persons originating from Myanmar in a refugee-like situation. The Government of Bangladesh estimates the population to be between 300,000 and 500,000.
13 The 300,000 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection from the Government of China.
14 UNHCR's assistance activities for IDPs in Cyprus ended in 1999. Visit the website of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) for further information.
15 The number of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to change based on an ongoing registration exercise. The figure 245,000 was provided by the Government of
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
16 This revised estimate of 133,770 stateless persons includes only individuals born in the country to parents who were both born abroad, It does not include individuals born in the country to one foreign-born
and one Dominican-born parent, as per the previously reported figure of 210,000. This estimate does not include subsequent generations of individuals of foreign descent, as there is no reliable population
data available on groups other than first-generation individuals. As such, this estimate does not include all persons without nationality in the country. It will be adjusted as official data becomes available on the
number of individuals who have found an effective nationality solution.
17 All figures relate to the end of 2014 except refugees.
18 Almost all people recorded as being stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.
19 Refugee figure relates to the end of 2014.
20 Figure of stateless persons refers to individuals without a nationality who were born in the Dominican Republic prior to January 2010 and who were identified by UNHCR in Haiti during the reporting period.
21 Pending a more accurate study into stateless in Iraq, the estimate of stateless persons in Iraq has been adjusted to reflect the reduction of statelessness in line with Law 26 of 2006, which allows stateless
persons to apply for nationality in certain circumstances.
22 Figures are UNHCR estimates.
23 Includes 33,200 Iraqi refugees registered with UNHCR in Jordan. The Government estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other
categories of Iraqis.
24 This figure includes persons covered by two separate Laws. 178 fall under the Republic of Latvia’s Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced the Law on the Status of Stateless
Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18 February 1999, and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the legislation of any State and whose status is not determined
by the 25th April 1995 Law (quoted below). 252,017 of the persons reported in this table fall under the Republic of Latvia’s 25 April 1995 Law on the Status of Those Former USSR Citizens who are not
Citizens of Latvia or of Any Other State, and are granted a transitional legal status to permanently residing persons (non-citizens) which entitles them to a set of rights and obligations generally beyond the
minimum rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. The non-citizens enjoy the right to reside in Latvia ex lege and the right to acquire citizenship through
registration and/or naturalisation (depending on age). A number of measures have been taken by the Latvian Government to facilitate their acquisition of citizenship; nonetheless, some non-citizens have
chosen not to pursue naturalization. Some may have acquired a nationality other than Latvian nationality; however in the absence of reliable data in this regard, UNHCR includes in its statistical reporting the
full number of non-citizens reported by Latvia.
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Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- Of whom seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like assisted by (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Country/territory of asylum1 Refugees 2 situations3 situations UNHCR cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
25 Figure of Stateless persons was estimated from the 2014 census. It does not include an estimated 151,921 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness
mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs.In Rakhine State it is estimated to be approximately one million.
26 Various studies estimate that a large number of individuals lack citizenship certificates in Nepal. While these individuals are not all necessarily stateless, UNHCR has been working closely with the
Government of Nepal and partners to address this situation.
27 Refugee figure relates to the end of 2014.
28 All figures relate to the end of 2014.
29 Figure of Stateless persons refers to the census figure from 2010 adjusted to reflect the number of stateless persons who acquired nationality in 2011-2015. The figure includes 12,881 stateless persons
holding a temporary or a permanent residence permit.
30 An adjustment to 2014 end of year figures in particular for the number of asylum applications pending on appeal and review has resulted in a substantially higher figure for numbers of asylum seekers
reported in South Africa for 2015. It should be noted that the current legal framework in South Africa does not enable the withdrawal (whether explicit or implicit) of asylum applications lodged.
31 IDP figure in South Sudan includes 105,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
32 Refugee figure relates to the end of 2014.
33 The statistics of the remaining IDPs at the end of the year, while provided by the Government authorities at the district level, are being reviewed by the central authorities. Once this review has been
concluded, the statistics will be changed accordingly.
34 Refugee figure for Iraqis and Stateless persons in the Syrian Arab Republic was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered and is assisting 18,300 Iraqis at the end of 2015.
35 Figure of Stateless persons is Updated from the Royal Thai Government. The decrease includes the grant of Thai nationality to over 18,000 stateless people in the last three years.
36 Refugee figure for Syrians in Turkey was a Government estimate.
37 IDP figure in Ukraine includes 800,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
38 The refugee figure for the United States of America is currently under review, which may lead to an adjustment in future reports.
39 Figure of stateless persons refers to those with permanent residence reported in 2010 by the Government. Information on other categories of stateless persons is not available.
40 Figure of stateless persons is an estimate and currently under review.
Source: UNHCR/Governments.
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Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by origin, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- of whom: seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like UNHCR- (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Origin1 Refugees2 situations3 situations assisted cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Afghanistan 2.662.954 3.300 2.666.254 2.534.428 258.892 61.379 1.174.306 123.653 - 150.369 4.434.853
Albania 10.421 - 10.421 - 42.162 - - - - 1 52.584
Algeria 3.490 - 3.490 75 7.623 - - - - 12 11.125
Andorra 5 - 5 - 4 - - - - - 9
Angola 11.869 - 11.869 1.401 3.270 4.639 - - - 34.966 54.744
Anguilla 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Antigua and Barbuda 56 - 56 - 12 - - - - - 68
Argentina 194 - 194 1 171 - - - - - 365
Armenia 11.218 - 11.218 73 8.502 - - - - 14 19.734
Australia 20 - 20 - 5 - - - - - 25
Austria 4 - 4 - 4 - - - - - 8
Azerbaijan 9.712 - 9.712 1.551 5.230 - 618.220 - - - 633.162
Bahamas 215 - 215 - 82 - - - - - 297
Bahrain 421 - 421 19 89 - - - - 1 511
Bangladesh 12.172 1 12.173 163 30.798 - - - - 18 42.989
Barbados 99 - 99 - 25 - - - - - 124
Belarus 4.124 - 4.124 12 1.478 - - - - 1 5.603
Belgium 65 - 65 - 35 - - - - 1 101
Belize 51 - 51 - 98 - - - - 57 206
Benin 412 - 412 5 1.164 - - - - 7 1.583
Bermuda - - - - - - - - - - -
Bhutan 17.720 - 17.720 16.617 227 - - - - - 17.947
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 570 - 570 19 350 - - - - - 920
Bosnia and Herzegovina 18.748 21 18.769 2.455 7.023 22 98.324 - - 52.438 176.576
Botswana 308 - 308 - 67 - - - - - 375
Brazil 895 - 895 2 2.158 - - - - - 3.053
British Virgin Islands - - - - - - - - - - -
Brunei Darussalam - - - - 5 - - - - - 5
Bulgaria 1.269 - 1.269 2 207 - - - - 1 1.477
Burkina Faso 2.148 - 2.148 26 2.705 - - - - 1 4.854
Burundi 292.764 - 292.764 261.168 26.893 14 25.000 1.144 - 164.018 509.833
Cabo Verde 28 - 28 - 102 - - - - - 130
Cambodia 12.799 4 12.803 170 376 1 - - - - 13.180
Cameroon 10.581 - 10.581 394 7.409 - 92.657 18.636 - 5 129.288
Canada 80 - 80 1 341 - - - - 6 427
Cayman Islands 6 - 6 - - - - - - - 6
Central African Rep. 471.104 - 471.104 469.044 10.668 21.632 216.392 258.276 - 20.792 998.864
Chad 14.940 - 14.940 12.127 3.293 41 51.999 - - 30.003 100.276
Chile 561 - 561 7 155 - - - - - 716
China 212.911 - 212.911 268 57.705 1 - - - 2 270.619
China, Hong Kong SAR 33 - 33 - 79 - - - - - 112
China, Macao SAR 5 - 5 - 24 - - - - - 29
Colombia 90.836 249.404 340.240 37.343 6.905 1.792 6.939.067 - - - 7.288.004
Comoros 569 - 569 2 233 - - - - - 802
Congo, Republic of 14.781 - 14.781 1.991 4.121 1 - - - 91 18.994
Cook Islands 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Costa Rica 379 - 379 5 218 - - - - - 597
Côte d'Ivoire 71.105 - 71.105 58.716 13.788 12.222 308.272 399 - 44 405.830
Croatia10 33.451 - 33.451 11.842 90 113 - - - 14.070 47.724
Cuba 5.862 1.000 6.862 522 2.364 - - - - 75 9.301
Curaçao 35 - 35 - - - - - - - 35
Cyprus11 4 - 4 - 7 - - - - - 11
Czech Rep. 1.285 - 1.285 - 128 - - - - - 1.413
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea 1.103 - 1.103 74 230 - - - - - 1.333
Dem. Rep. of the Congo 541.291 208 541.499 469.775 76.418 8.536 1.555.112 736.837 - 9.925 2.928.327
Denmark 9 - 9 - 10 - - - - 1 20
Djibouti 1.069 - 1.069 84 549 - - - - - 1.618
Dominica 38 - 38 - 87 - - - - - 125
Dominican Rep. 382 - 382 5 1.710 - - - - - 2.092
Ecuador 1.010 - 1.010 20 10.419 - - - - - 11.429
Egypt 17.930 - 17.930 292 12.168 4 - - - 78 30.180
El Salvador 14.778 - 14.778 998 31.454 - - - - 10.100 56.332
Equatorial Guinea 172 - 172 9 90 - - - - - 262
Eritrea 379.766 31.576 411.342 263.139 63.446 1 - - - 235 475.024
Estonia 318 - 318 1 46 - - - - - 364
Ethiopia 85.834 - 85.834 42.766 77.924 5 - - - 224 163.987
Fiji 883 - 883 6 430 - - - - - 1.313
Finland 8 - 8 - 3 - - - - - 11
France 94 - 94 - 84 - - - - - 178
French Guiana - - - - - - - - - - -
Gabon 177 - 177 3 239 - - - - - 416
Gambia 8.491 - 8.491 88 12.826 - - - - - 21.317
Georgia 6.498 - 6.498 401 9.282 - 268.416 - - - 284.196
Germany 161 - 161 1 93 - - - - 2 256
Ghana 22.978 - 22.978 10.004 10.965 - - - - 6 33.949
Gibraltar 2 - 2 - - - - - - - 2
Greece 112 - 112 - 69 - - - - - 181
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Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by origin, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- of whom: seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like UNHCR- (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Origin1 Refugees2 situations3 situations assisted cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Grenada 270 - 270 - 52 - - - - - 322
Guadeloupe - - - - 23 - - - - - 23
Guatemala 10.284 - 10.284 88 26.954 - - - - 3.500 40.738
Guinea 17.005 - 17.005 205 17.886 - - - - - 34.891
Guinea-Bissau 1.471 - 1.471 22 1.940 - - - - - 3.411
Guyana 511 - 511 - 227 - - - - - 738
Haiti 34.774 - 34.774 675 9.272 - - - - 6.264 50.310
Holy See (the) - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 6.844 - 6.844 572 19.455 - 174.000 - - 5.100 205.399
Hungary 1.443 - 1.443 2 706 - - - - 3 2.152
Iceland - - - - 3 - - - - - 3
India 9.881 - 9.881 11 24.973 - - - - 378 35.232
Indonesia 9.261 4.695 13.956 786 2.652 - - - - 3 16.611
Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 84.949 - 84.949 14.703 57.084 12 - - - 9 142.054
Iraq12 261.107 3.000 264.107 126.809 237.166 5.921 4.403.287 1.747 - 3.599 4.915.827
Ireland 9 - 9 - 42 - - - - - 51
Israel 802 - 802 1 391 - - - - - 1.193
Italy 70 - 70 1 147 - - - - - 217
Jamaica 1.868 - 1.868 12 837 - - - - - 2.705
Japan 145 - 145 - 68 - - - - - 213
Jordan 1.841 - 1.841 118 1.851 - - - - 92 3.784
Kazakhstan 2.267 - 2.267 17 1.569 - - - - - 3.836
Kenya 7.905 1 7.906 3.532 3.303 1.231 - - - 15 12.455
Kiribati 2 - 2 - 3 - - - - - 5
Kuwait 1.085 - 1.085 37 452 - - - - - 1.537
Kyrgyzstan 2.502 - 2.502 269 2.273 - - - - - 4.775
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 7.363 - 7.363 3 165 - - - - - 7.528
Latvia 193 - 193 7 84 - - - - - 277
Lebanon 4.369 - 4.369 117 6.005 - - - - - 10.374
Lesotho 17 - 17 - 1.095 - - - - - 1.112
Liberia 9.987 7 9.994 6.467 2.436 58 - - - 9 12.497
Libya 6.085 - 6.085 248 6.056 - 434.869 - - 8 447.018
Liechtenstein - - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 144 - 144 1 72 - - - - - 216
Luxembourg 2 - 2 - - - - - - - 2
Madagascar 286 - 286 2 173 - - - - 5 464
Malawi 426 - 426 4 5.687 - - - - - 6.113
Malaysia 438 - 438 - 2.833 - - - - - 3.271
Maldives 42 - 42 4 28 - - - - - 70
Mali 154.211 - 154.211 140.189 9.906 4.088 61.920 53.551 - 29 283.705
Malta 1 - 1 - 4 - - - - - 5
Marshall Islands 3 - 3 - 6 - - - - - 9
Mauritania 34.664 - 34.664 27.252 7.485 - - - - 4 42.153
Mauritius 103 - 103 - 209 - - - - - 312
Mexico 11.333 - 11.333 24 46.253 - - - - - 57.586
Micronesia (Federated States of) - - - - 6 - - - - - 6
Monaco 3 - 3 - 2 - - - - - 5
Mongolia 2.199 - 2.199 - 3.537 - - - - - 5.736
Montenegro 651 - 651 4 3.013 - - - - - 3.664
Morocco 1.771 - 1.771 54 5.603 - - - - 11 7.385
Mozambique 57 - 57 4 2.203 - - - - - 2.260
Myanmar13 198.685 253.122 451.807 243.740 60.659 2 451.089 25.265 - 443 989.265
Namibia 1.476 - 1.476 915 74 21 - - - 36 1.607
Nauru - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Nepal 8.865 1 8.866 29 8.974 - - - - - 17.840
Netherlands 69 - 69 - 56 - - - - - 125
New Zealand 19 - 19 - 13 - - - - 1 33
Nicaragua 1.476 - 1.476 510 1.248 2 - - - - 2.726
Niger 1.390 - 1.390 414 792 - 137.337 - - 70.001 209.520
Nigeria 152.136 15.852 167.988 146.107 51.863 - 2.172.532 - - 19 2.392.402
Niue 18 - 18 - 18 - - - - - 36
Norfolk Island 1 - 1 - - - - - - - 1
Norway 12 - 12 - 8 - - - - - 20
Oman 37 - 37 5 18 - - - - - 55
Pakistan 277.344 20.491 297.835 260.032 64.085 3 1.146.108 676.638 - 1 2.184.670
Palau 2 - 2 - 2 - - - - - 4
Palestinian14 97.973 - 97.973 17.675 4.338 12 - - - 2.420 104.743
Panama 69 - 69 2 56 - - - - - 125
Papua New Guinea 339 - 339 - 200 - - - - - 539
Paraguay 91 - 91 - 72 - - - - - 163
Peru 3.599 - 3.599 131 1.539 - - - - - 5.138
Philippines 592 1 593 16 1.902 - 63.174 254.848 - 80.057 400.574
Poland 1.297 - 1.297 3 404 - - - - - 1.701
Portugal 28 - 28 1 65 - - - - - 93
Puerto Rico - - - - - - - - - - -
Qatar 20 - 20 - 14 - - - - - 34
Rep. of Korea 351 - 351 - 261 - - - - - 612
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Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by origin, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- of whom: seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like UNHCR- (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Origin1 Refugees2 situations3 situations assisted cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
Rep. of Moldova 2.289 - 2.289 28 3.431 - - - - 1 5.721
Romania 1.735 - 1.735 4 1.376 - - - - 2 3.113
Russian Federation 67.050 - 67.050 943 27.514 4 - - - 3 94.571
Rwanda15 286.366 - 286.366 168.326 10.957 5.054 - - - 5.801 308.178
Saint Kitts and Nevis 28 - 28 - 20 - - - - - 48
Saint Lucia 1.011 - 1.011 - 53 - - - - - 1.064
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.823 - 1.823 - 42 - - - - - 1.865
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Samoa 1 - 1 - 13 - - - - - 14
San Marino 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - 2
Sao Tome and Principe 22 - 22 19 12 - - - - - 34
Saudi Arabia 701 - 701 25 575 - - - - 10 1.286
Senegal 21.280 - 21.280 16.104 14.318 - - - - - 35.598
Serbia and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (199 38.273 364 38.637 2.591 53.309 328 220.002 545 - - 312.821
Seychelles 20 - 20 - 22 - - - - - 42
Sierra Leone 4.895 - 4.895 916 3.507 - - - - 1.479 9.881
Singapore 54 - 54 - 49 - - - - - 103
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) - - - - - - - - - - -
Slovakia 326 - 326 - 548 - - - - - 874
Slovenia 23 - 23 - 13 - - - - - 36
Solomon Islands 71 - 71 1 37 - - - - - 108
Somalia 1.123.022 30 1.123.052 839.696 56.772 32.344 1.133.000 5.000 - 829 2.350.997
South Africa 449 - 449 8 876 - - - - 5 1.330
South Sudan16 778.629 68 778.697 778.446 4.237 159 1.790.427 - - 30 2.573.550
Spain 59 - 59 - 88 - - - - - 147
Sri Lanka17 121.435 - 121.435 2.169 14.869 852 44.934 8.112 - 17 190.219
Sudan18 622.463 6.307 628.770 602.525 45.102 39.494 3.218.234 152.663 - 19 4.084.282
Suriname 19 - 19 - 50 - - - - - 69
Svalbard and Jan Mayen - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Swaziland 220 - 220 2 161 7 - - - 2 390
Sweden 16 - 16 - 17 - - - - - 33
Switzerland 17 - 17 - 4 - - - - - 21
Syrian Arab Rep. 4.850.792 21.793 4.872.585 4.548.346 245.844 189 6.563.462 - - 8.247 11.690.327
Tajikistan 794 - 794 71 1.481 - - - - - 2.275
Thailand 221 1 222 17 838 - - - - - 1.060
The former Yugoslav Republic of Mac 1.776 - 1.776 8 14.621 - - - - - 16.397
Tibetan 15.071 - 15.071 2 8 - - - - 6 15.085
Timor-Leste 20 - 20 1 7 - - - - - 27
Togo 8.785 - 8.785 3.239 2.150 7 - - - - 10.942
Tonga 24 - 24 - 62 - - - - - 86
Trinidad and Tobago 369 - 369 - 197 - - - - 3 569
Tunisia 1.568 - 1.568 47 2.351 - - - - 7 3.926
Turkey 59.559 - 59.559 15.656 12.104 - - - - 12 71.675
Turkmenistan 455 - 455 24 1.215 - - - - - 1.670
Turks and Caicos Islands 14 - 14 - 1 - - - - - 15
Tuvalu 2 - 2 - 1 - - - - - 3
Uganda 6.316 - 6.316 978 6.470 1.192 - - - 180.003 193.981
Ukraine19 321.014 286 321.300 5.383 22.574 1 1.600.000 - - 5 1.943.880
United Arab Emirates 99 - 99 5 105 - - - - - 204
United Kingdom 131 - 131 2 117 - - - - - 248
United Rep. of Tanzania 6.221 - 6.221 105 1.607 - - - - 15 7.843
United States of America20 4.832 - 4.832 8 262 - - - - 11 5.105
Uruguay 91 - 91 - 62 - - - - - 153
US Virgin Islands - - - - - - - - - - -
Uzbekistan 4.205 - 4.205 287 2.679 - - - - 2 6.886
Vanuatu 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - 2
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 7.456 - 7.456 231 15.094 - - - - 2 22.552
Viet Nam21 313.155 1 313.156 279 4.372 - - - - 265 317.793
Wallis and Futuna Islands - - - - 1 - - - - - 1
Western Sahara22 90.541 26.000 116.541 90.082 1.446 - - - - - 117.987
Yemen 15.896 - 15.896 13.336 10.075 - 2.532.032 - - 13 2.558.016
Zambia 344 - 344 14 333 - - - - 1 678
Zimbabwe 21.344 - 21.344 1.366 57.431 31 - - - 135 78.941
Stateless 37.426 - 37.426 1.057 18.609 - - - 3.687.729 - 3.743.764
Various/unknown 120.155 - 120.155 510 1.035.169 - - - - 14.244 1.169.568
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
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Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern
to UNHCR by origin, end-2015
All data are provisional and subject to change.
REFUGEES
IDPs
Total protected/
refugees assisted by
and people Asylum- UNHCR, incl. Persons under
People in in refugee- of whom: seekers people in IDP- UNHCR's Others of Total
refugee-like like UNHCR- (pending Returned like Returned statelessness concern to population of
Origin1 Refugees2 situations3 situations assisted cases)4 refugees5 situations6 IDPs7 mandate8 UNHCR9 concern
UNHCR-Bureaux
- Central Africa-Great Lakes 1.623.479 208 1.623.687 1.370.834 138.414 35.237 1.889.161 1.014.893 - 200.647 4.902.039
- East and Horn of Africa 3.019.944 37.982 3.057.926 2.543.293 261.096 74.467 6.193.660 157.663 - 211.358 9.956.170
- Southern Africa 37.488 - 37.488 3.718 71.834 4.698 - - - 35.150 149.170
- Western Africa 476.322 15.859 492.181 382.502 146.348 16.375 2.680.061 53.950 - 71.595 3.460.510
Total Africa 5.157.233 54.049 5.211.282 4.300.347 617.692 130.777 10.762.882 1.226.506 - 518.750 18.467.889
Asia and Pacific 3.981.378 281.617 4.262.995 3.074.187 605.716 62.250 2.879.611 1.088.516 - 231.571 9.130.659
Middle East and North Africa 5.391.192 50.793 5.441.985 4.824.543 549.655 6.126 13.933.650 1.747 - 14.502 19.947.665
Europe 593.699 671 594.370 40.972 214.781 468 2.804.962 545 - 66.555 3.681.681
Americas 202.810 250.404 453.214 41.176 178.319 1.794 7.113.067 - - 25.118 7.771.512
Various/Stateless 157.581 - 157.581 1.567 1.053.778 - - - 3.687.729 14.244 4.913.332
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
UN major regions
Africa 5.313.282 80.049 5.393.331 4.418.397 660.424 130.781 11.197.751 1.226.506 - 518.870 19.127.663
Asia 9.302.125 306.410 9.608.535 7.798.354 1.146.965 68.372 17.265.028 1.090.263 - 245.978 29.425.141
Europe 506.708 671 507.379 23.291 179.656 468 1.918.326 545 - 66.529 2.672.903
Latin America and the Caribbean 197.898 250.404 448.302 41.167 177.716 1.794 7.113.067 - - 25.101 7.765.980
Northern America 4.912 - 4.912 9 603 - - - - 17 5.532
Oceania 1.387 - 1.387 7 799 - - - - 1 2.187
Various/Stateless 157.581 - 157.581 1.567 1.053.778 - - - 3.687.729 14.244 4.913.332
Total 15.483.893 637.534 16.121.427 12.282.792 3.219.941 201.415 37.494.172 2.317.314 3.687.729 870.740 63.912.738
Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection.
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable. All data are provisional and subject to change.
1 Country or territory of origin.
2 Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary form of protection and those granted
temporary protection. In the absence of Government figures, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in many industrialized countries based on 10 years of individual asylum-seeker recognition.
3 This category is descriptive in nature and includes groups of persons who are outside their country or territory of origin and who face protection risks similar to those of refugees, but for whom refugee status has, for
practical or other reasons, not been ascertained.
4 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum procedure.
5 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during 2015. Source: country of origin and asylum.
6 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance. It also includes people in IDP-like situations. This category is descriptive in nature and includes
groups of persons who are inside their country of nationality or habitual residence and who face protection risks similar to those of IDPs but who, for practical or other reasons, could not be reported as such.
7 IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during 2015.
8 Refers to persons who are not considered as nationals by any State under the operation of its law. This category refers to persons who fall under the agency’s statelessness mandate because they are
stateless according to this international definition, but data from some countries may also include persons with undetermined nationality. See Annex Table 7 at http://www.unhcr.org/statistics/15-WRD-table-
7.xls for detailed notes.
9 Refers to individuals who do not necessarily fall directly into any of the other groups but to whom UNHCR may extend its protection and/or assistance services. These activities might be based on
humanitarian or other special grounds.
10 UNHCR has recommended on 4 April 2014 to start the process of cessation of refugee status for refugees from Croatia displaced during the 1991-95 conflict. The Office suggests that cessation enters into
effect latest by the end of 2017.
11 UNHCR's assistance activities for IDPs in Cyprus ended in 1999. Visit the website of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) for further information.
12 Refugee figure for Iraqis in the Syrian Arab Republic was a Government estimate. UNHCR has registered and is assisting 18,300 Iraqis at the end of 2015. The refugee population in Jordan includes 33,200
Iraqis registered with UNHCR. The Government of Jordan estimated the number of Iraqis at 400,000 individuals at the end of March 2015. This includes refugees and other categories of Iraqis.
13 Figure of stateless persons was estimated from the 2014 census. It does not include an estimated 151,921 stateless IDPs, persons in an IDP-like situation who are also of concern under the statelessness
mandate because they are already included within the figures on IDPs.In Rakhine State it is estimated to be approximately one million.
14 Refers to Palestinian refugees under the UNHCR mandate only.
15 The number of Rwandan refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is subject to change based on an ongoing registration exercise. The figure 245,000 was provided by the Government of
Democratic Republic of the Congo.
16 An unknown number of refugees and asylum-seekers from South Sudan may be included under Sudan (in absence of separate statistics for both countries). IDP figure in South Sudan includes 105,000
people who are in an IDP-like situation.
17 The statistics of the remaining IDPs at the end of 2015, while provided by the Government authorities at the district level, are being reviewed by the central authorities. Once this review has been concluded,
the statistics will be changed accordingly.
18 Figures for refugees and asylum-seekers may include citizens of South Sudan (in absence of separate statistics for both countries).
19 IDP figure in Ukraine includes 800,000 people who are in an IDP-like situation.
20 A limited number of countries record refugee and asylum statistics by country of birth rather than country of origin. This affects the number of refugees reported as originating from the United States of
America.
21 The 300,000 Vietnamese refugees are well integrated and in practice receive protection from the Government of China.
22 According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.
Source: UNHCR/Governments.
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